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Species profile—Pieris rapae (cabbage white)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Pieridae (whites and yellows) → Pieris rapae (cabbage white)

Sighting data

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Pieridae (whites and yellows)
Scientific name
Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name
cabbage white
WildNet taxon ID
19118
Alternate name(s)
small white
cabbage butterfly
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Agricultural Pest

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19118

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
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